Have you started your holiday shopping?
While most of the United States is scouting the internet for holiday shopping deals many in New York City are still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy.
Directly in the path of the storm's destruction were some of best maritime programs for youth starting careers at sea and we would like to help them recover.
Many of … [Read more...]

Have you started your holiday shopping?
It's said that a book signed by the author is worth twice the cover price and, for that reason, gCaptain is offering custom signed copies of the critically acclaimed book Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster... this year's the bestselling book on the Gulf Oil Spill.
Plus.. each order comes with a … [Read more...]

The above video is a short interview with author and gCaptain founder John Konrad on the rig Deepwater Horizon and his new book about the incident
To learn more and watch the new book trailer (courtesy of Unofficial Networks!) be sure to click on the following link: "Fire On the Horizon - The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster". … [Read more...]

As many of you know my book, Fire On The Horizon, hits bookshelves this Tuesday. I knew from the beginning that writing a book would be a challenge but it's been more difficult and time consuming of a project than I had guessed mainly because I wanted to get it right. Why? Well certainly I hope to always be right (dont we all?) but that urge was magnified by the fact this story … [Read more...]

Fire On The Horizon - the new book by gCaptain - hits bookstore shelves nationwide this TUESDAY!
The reviews have been amazing, hundreds of mariners and offshore oil workers have pre-ordered copies and, more importantly, the story is significant in its focus on the people - not the politics - of the event.
Interested in the book? Show your support for gCaptain … [Read more...]

As you might be aware, the frequency of my blog posts have slowed down in the past few months. The reason; I have been busy finishing the writing of my book "Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster". And to that end I wanted to share a few updates with the gCaptain community.
Most importantly I want to take time to let the Deepwater Horizon family … [Read more...]

We are proud to announce that gCaptain's founder and editor in chief, John Konrad, got a book deal! The upcoming book titled Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster is being published by HarperCollins publisher David Hirshey and co-written with help from the prize-winning journalist Tom Shroder.
While it's written by John the book is a collaboration … [Read more...]